This is the last one that has me worried...
1. Bb5 Bxb5
And that's about it.
So we wait.
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Of course, Martin plays the one move we overlooked.
“three hundred and sixteen men come out,"
What are you seeing after 1. … a4 2. Bd3?
Maybe Bf5+
We have a slight chance with g4.
Looking at it right now.
It is our only hope.
I'll let you know.
Best I can do on analysis with DB not right angling.
White solves all problems and will soon undo problems around its 3 pawns on the dark squares.
All while gaining territory, hemming us in, and is still up a pawn. If we try to trade down pieces we cannot battle pawns on both sides of the board.
Still g4 seems best for us. I have seen an interesting riddle position develop but can wait on its discussion.
I hope you're right. Let me study things a lot more.
House painting right now, and going out for dinner later.
Yes, I do feel it's lost, but you are encouraging me, anew.
Thanks!
Bob
Ok, we're 2 days into our 4 day allotment. Ry, I like your thinking, so let's pull apart the final position from the forced moves that you detailed in #740. We would be here:
To be continued.
From #745 (as shown, no moves), when Martin plays Ke3, he then places us into multiple, serious threats. If our DB becomes overworked further, our whole left flank collapses. The DB is guarding 3 pawns at once, and cannot leave our e6 pawn to then be captured by White's Rook; so no trade down of DBs… we need our DB.
White's threat, one move away, is Bg4! It would attack our Bishop and h7 pawn.
What if we play Bf5 after Ke3? Then White plays Bf3 and we will lose. (it's complicated)
Our best move after Ke3 may be b6. I've tried it quickly with many outcomes and it seems to hold.
But maybe someone has a better move.
Current Position (Black to Move)
"and the sharks took the rest,"
Current Position (Black to Move)
"June the 29th, nineteen forty-five."
Ok, I'm going to post the "future board" showing the b6 and also showing Martin's DB move.
So it would be our move…
This is the position that has me worried.
Here it is with b5 and follow ups.
Maybe we should not move the b pawn and instead play Ra5… but really, we need to hold off on a4 until we work this out. We have 4 days.
Post #759 is clever. Let me see where the pitfalls fall.
I'll post a diagram to clue everyone in.
From #751 (Current Position (Black to Move)) the two forced moves take place to get to possible diagrams: 1. … a4 2. Bd3. Let's begin (btw, we look really strong after reviewing what I'm seeing, but let's nail it down, no ifs, ands, or buts)
Ok, we cannot play b5 without getting our King to c7 first. Thought there may have been a way, but no.
Still more to come.
Ok, back again… and from what I've seen Martin has to play a blunder somewhere, or we're in trouble. We'll see it when he plays the blunder, if he does.
Let's get there first, in this post:
Current Position (Black to Move)
Ry, I took with the Bishop first, but it didn't work out well. I tried many variations with the Bishop. It was my preferred method, and then it wouldn't work. Every time I found a magical answer to Martin, then there would be another out for him.
I'll look at your replies and see what I think, and get back to you.
… and yet another.
1. … a5 2. Rb6 a4 3. Bb1 Bxb1